Because of Anya

Black Boy, Black Boy

Too Bright to See

Silence

Clever Lad (Reading Corner)

Running Into Darkness (Passages to Adventure)

Rules of the House

Where the Lost Ones Go

Alex is seventeen years old and she feels her life has come to an end. After being involved in an accident that killed her best friend, she doesn't see why anyone would want her around and she refuses to talk. Ordered by a judge to do community service, she must spend time at a hospital with a girl named Joanie, who has minimal control of her body and no speech.                     Never having known another way of being, Joanie has an extraordinary internal life. She has been listening and watching as the world goes on around her, but Joanie is so full of words, thoughts and images that if she could ever figure out a way to let them loose, they would come swirling out in a torrent of syllables. She would fill every room with the colors of her dreams until the whole world became a rainbow of her making. Brought together by accident, Alex and Joanie have experienced the helplessness of silence. Their growing connection may lead them both to find the power of their voices.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Because of Anya

Margaret Peterson Haddix, 2002

Black Boy, Black Boy

Jorge Redmond, Ken Daley, Ali Kamanda, 2022

Too Bright to See

Kyle Lukoff, 2021

Silence

Deborah Lytton, 2015

Clever Lad (Reading Corner)

Justine Furminger, Lisa Williams, 2004

Running Into Darkness (Passages to Adventure)

Anne E. Schraff, 2002

Rules of the House

Mac Barnett, Matt Myers, 2016

Where the Lost Ones Go

Akemi Dawn Bowman, 2022